OJR article on alt.npr podcasts and PRX

Jake, 11.30.05

The Online Journalism Review posted an article about public radio podcasting: "Will NPR's podcasts birth a new business model for public radio?" that references PRX, Pubcatcher , and our new YouthCast podcast of youth-produced pieces.

I got a quote in there too:

"I have high hopes that out of this wave of energy around podcasting, with all of these people trying to become audio producers, that a bunch of them will emerge as truly talented new voices that will bridge into radio," Shapiro said. "It doesn't have to be either/or [podcasting or broadcasting]. My hope is that podcasting does identify a whole new rising generation that is producing a different sound with different ears and that public radio will embrace them."

Read the full article here.